Bottle-filling machine.



No. 696,955. Patented Apr. 8, |902.

E. FIGUEREDD & L. ECHEMENDIA.

BDTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

(Application filed Oct. 29, 1901.)

` Patented Apr. 8,` |1902. E. FIGUEREDU & L. ECHEMEHDIA.

-BTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

(Application filed Oct, 29, 1901.)

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EMILIO FIGUEREDO AND LEANDRO ECHEMENDIA, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-FILLING lVlACHlN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,955, dated April 8,1902.

pplication led October 29, 1901. Serial No. 80,430. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, EMILIO FIGUEREDO, a citizen of Venezuela, andLEANDRO ECHE- MENDIA, a citizen of the United States, both residing atNew York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Bottle-Filling Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bottle-filling machines or apparati.

The main objects of the invention are to produce a compact, cheap, andsimple machine or apparatus of this character which is especiallyadapted for bottling spirituous liqnids of a volatile nature-such aschloroform, alcohol, and acids-where loss by evaporation will take placeunder exposure,to adapt such machine to avoid such exposure andconsequent resulting loss while bottling, and finally to adapt suchmachine or apparatus to automatically and accurately measure thedischarge into such bottles.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theclaims. y

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of abottle-filling machine or apparatus embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 represents details oftwo of the measuring-plugs. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the lowervalves.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in all the figuresof the drawings.

In its preferred form the machine comprises the two cylinders orreservoirs 1 2, the same being constructed of glass, metal, or othermaterial of a non-corrosive nature or provided with a lining of suchnature as may be desired. These cylinders 1 and 2 are rigidly connectedin the present instance by cross-bars 3, vertically journaled, in whichis a shaft 4, the ends of which extend beyond its bearings. The twocylinders are connected immediately above their lower ends by transverseupper and lower pipes 5 and 6, respectively, lthe upper pipe beingprovided at its center with a `two-way rotating valve 7 and the lowerpipe being similarly provided with a two-way rotating valve S, the partsin one valve being oppositely disposed to those in the other. The uppervalve is mounted upon and adapted to be operated by a stem 9, and thelower valve is mounted upon and adapted to be operated by a similarstern lO. The upper stem 9 is provided at its front end with anoperating-handle 11 and immediately back of the same with a spur-gear12, the latter being iXedly mounted and meshing with a companion gear13, similarly mounted upon the lower stem 10. It will be obvious that arotation of the upper stem 9 through the handle 11 and its valve willthus cause a reverse movement of the stem 10 and thc valve carriedthereby. The case 14, in which the two valves are mounted, is providedat its rear side with a nipple 15, which communicates with the uppervalve only, and to which may be connected, through a tube 16, the sourceof supply-the retainers-which latter may be any distance away; At thelower end of said valve-case 14 and communicating with the lower valveonly is a discharge-nipple 17, which may be tapered, so as to beinserted into the neck of a bottle, or, if desired, such nipplemay beconnected to a flexible tube 18, Iitted at one end with a nozzle 19,adapted to enter a bottle. (See dotted lines, Fig. 1.)

At the upper end the vertical shaft 4 may be provided with a beveledgear-wheel 19, the lower end of said shaft also carrying a similargear-wheel 20, preferably of segmental shape. This latter gear-wheel 20meshes with and is operated by a corresponding gear-wheel 21, mountedupon and adapted to move with the upper valve-stem 9, so that, as willbe apparent, movements of said stem 9 will cause a partial rotation ofthe shaft 4.

At the upper end of the cylinderl is avalvecase 22, a correspondingvalve-case 23 being mounted on the upper end of the companion cylinder2. Within the valve-case 22 is seated a horizontally-disposed valve-stem24, which at its inner end extends beyond the case and is there providedwith a beveled gear-wheel 25, preferably of segmental shape and whichmeshes with and is adapted to be driven by the upper gear-wheel of thevertical shaft 4. This valve-stem carries a valve 26. A similarvalve-stem 27, carrying a similar valve 27 a and gear-wheel 28, isseated in the companion casing 23, the said gear-wh eel 28 meshing withIOO are connected to the opposite branches of aV T-shaped coupling 33,one of the branches of which, by a tube 34, may lead to the retainer orother source of supply.

At one side of each of the overflow-nipples 29 is located an air-vent35, which extends 'upwardly above the valve-cases.

closed, Aand vice versa,

vided 'at its lower end with an eiteriorly'- threadedjbase 39, the lowerends of the c'yl-v inders 1 and 2 being open and'li'kei ise {eX-1terielytliread@ as at 40, TO P'IOrlde for theread'y withdrawal yandinsertion of thesel plng`s,"th'e lat-ter maylh'aveformed on orattachedto the under sides ofl their'fbases webs '1 or flangestl.

follows: The capacitiesot the cylinders havving'beenadjusted, ifnecessary, in the in'an-` ner described and the'bottle vplacedinposition, thevm'a'chin'e is ready for operation. It

will be'observed'that-one of the cylinders-in this Vinstance thecylinder l--isinopen conimu'nication with'the retainer and has-therefore'be'coine filled. Astheeylinder becomes filled any excess ofliquid will-pass the overiiow-pipe tothe lheight of the liquid in theretainer. The filling of a'cylinder will be evidenced throughtheglasssight-tube, or, if

the cylinder'be of glass, it will also'be ob-4 seen that as one cylinderis emptying the other is refilling, so that the operation of measuringand filling is practically continuous. It will be further observed thatthis operation of the handle through the train of gearing described alsorelatively operates the set of upper valves. Thus, as shown in Fig.1,'when the cylinder 2 is filling the overliowpipe thereof isfopen andthe air-vent closed, while in the cylinder l, which is emptying, Ithe'overiow-pipe is closed, so that no liquid can escape back into thecylinder from the over- How-pipe, and the vent is open. In this manneraccurate measurement always results.

From the foregoing description, in connection with thelaccoinpanyingdrawings, it will l be apparent that the machin'eis practically Thetworotary valves 26 and 27 afeachhjave l twc transverse ports 36 and 37,'the ports'of each valve heingdisposedata right'angle to 'eachlother'and communicating withtlie ov'eri flow nipples or ports and theair vents. By` this arrangement, as will be apparent, whenthela'ir-ventsjare open the overflow-port'sare continuous in itsoperation in that as o'ne'cylinder is automatically filling itscompanion is discharging its contents into a bottle or other receptacle.I t willfurther be seen'thfat although the lliquid thus transferred fromthe retainer yto the bottles is each tiineactually and accuratelymeasured, yet it (the liquid) 1 is at no time exposed to the atmosphere,so

vIt will be understood that the cylinders 1 and? are dfn prdterliCapacita-and; lfor the purpose of varyingthis capacity there may beprovid-ed anynumber of plugs 38H preferably hollow. These plugsbeinggradii- 1 atedas to size will accordingly diminish the size-oftliecylinders. Eachplug maybefprothat no loss by evaporationoccrs.

Having described our invention, what we Vthfelower case provided with'iiileLt and 'dis- 'charg'eportsavalve seated in the upper case andprovided with ports at variance 4with each other, upper and lower valveslocated -in the lower case, the one communicating with thedischarge-port *and vthe other with the inlet-port and 'thoseof'theltwo'valvesbeling at variance with each other, wherebyThiscom'pletes the description ofthe iin` proved bottle-filler, and the'opera-tion is as when one is open, the other is closed, and means forsimultaneously operating thethree valves.

2. In a iillingma'chine, the combination of a 'pair ofreservoirs,`valvecases` mountedthe'reen and provided with lreturn oroverflow jports and air-ports, rotary valves seated in the said casesand each provided with apair of ports disposed at a variance toeachother "and to those of the companion valve,alwer case common to bothreservoirs and having lnlet-ports communicating with thereservoirs andwith-a source of' supply, and dischargeports leading'from each reservoirto a common discharge, pair ofvalves locatedin'said lower case, theupper valve having an angular portleading from the source of'supply' and'to one ofsaid reservoirs, and the lower valve having anoppositely-disposed angular port leading from the other of saidreservoirs to the discharge, and a mechanism commento all for operatingthe valves of each set reve'rsely to each other.

In a lling-machine, the combination of opposite reservoirs,each providedwith a valve-case at its upper end having overflowports, a valve 1n eachcase, upper and lower IOO IIO

pipes connecting the lower ends of the reservoirs, a supply-pipe leadingto the upper pipe, a discharge leading from the lower pipe, a two-wayvalve located in the upper pipe, an oppositely-disposed two-way Valvelocated in the lower pipe, and means for simultaneously operating thefour Valves for the purpose de'- scribed.

4. In a lling-machine, the combination of opposite reservoirs, a valvedair-vent and a valved overflow at the upper end of each of the same, adischarge-valve for the reservoirs, a Valved inlet for the same, andmeans for positively alternately and reversely operating the Valves ofthe overflow and outlets of the opposite reservoirs simultaneously withthe operation of said discharge and inlet Valves.

5. In a lling-machine, the combination of opposite reservoirs, anintermediate Valvecase having an inlet-port communicating with eachreservoir and with a discharge leading from each cylinder,oppositely-disposed twoway valves located in said case, intermeshinggearscarried by the stems of said valves, an operating-handle on thelower stem and a gear on the upper stem, a valve-case on the upper endof each reservoir, air-vents in the same, overflow-ports also in saidcases, rotatable valves for the cases each having an airport andoverflow-port, the two being arranged at an angle to each other, gearson the inner ends of the stems of said valves, a vertical shaft, gearson the upper and lower ends of the same, said gears meshing with thegears of the upper valve-stems and with that of the lower inlet-Valve,and tubes adapted to lead from a source of supply to the inlet-port andfrom the overiiow-ports to said source of supply.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

EMILIO FIGUEREDO. LEANDRO ECHEMENDIA. y

Witnesses:

H. WEINHAGEN, H. H. WEINHAGEN.

